Nanga Parbat

Alpine legend Krzysztof Wielicki takes readers 'inside the mind of solo mountaineering' in new tell-all biography

An icon of global mountaineering, Krzysztof Wielicki’s outstanding career includes being the first man in the world (alongside Leszek Cichy) to reach the peak of Mount Everest in winter and being only the fifth man in the world to reach the summit of all 14 eight-thousanders (mountains over 8000 metres). Private archive of Krzysztof Wielicki

Entitled “Solo. Moje samotne wspinaczki” (Solo. My solitary climbs), the illustrated, 234 page book released on January 12th delves into the climber’s circumstances, emotions and motivations that led him to undertake each of his solitary ascents, with that of ‘killer mountain’ Nanga Parbat, considered by Wielicki as his greatest achievement.

Heroes awarded France’s highest honour after rescuing alpinist from ‘killer mountain’

The four-man Polish team were on an expedition to scale the peak of K2 188km away when they heard of Elisabeth Revol’s plight and volunteered to brave freezing temperatures of minus 35 degrees Celsius to rescue her. 

Nanga Parbat rescue expedition climbers decorated by president

President Andrzej Duda decorated three high-altitude climbers with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw on Monday, for their part in a winter 2018 mountain rescue on Pakistan's Nanga Parbat.

Three Poles recognised by National Geographic as Adventurers of the Year

The famous magazine rewards a man who skied down K2 and two climbers involved in a desperate bid to save two colleagues stranded high on one of the world’s highest mountains.

Polish, French gov'ts to cover costs of Nanga Parbat rescue

The governments of Poland and France have decided to cover the costs of last week's rescue operation on Pakistan's Nanga Parbat mountain, Anna Solska, widow of Polish mountaineer Tomasz Mackiewicz announced on Facebook on Friday.

France praises Polish climbers' heroism

The French Foreign Ministry on Monday expressed its recognition for the heroism of Polish climbers who rescued French mountaineer Elisabeth Revol from Nanga Parbat mountain peak in Pakistan.

Our thoughts are with Tomasz Mackiewicz, PM tweets

Our thoughts go out to Tomasz Mackiewicz and his family, PM Mateusz Morawiecki tweeted on Sunday, commenting on Sunday's failed rescue of Polish Himalayan climber Tomasz Mackiewicz from the Naga Parbat peak.

Operation to rescue stranded climbers in Pakistan to start on Saturday

An operation to rescue two climbers, Poland's Tomasz Mackiewicz and France's Elisabeth Revol, trapped near the Nanga Parbat summit in Pakistan, will begin on Saturday morning, the Polish Mountaineering Association announced on its website on Friday.

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